Workshop on the sailing ship "Signora del Vento" - ISPRA: "Sea protection and development"
Civitavecchia, July 24
The debate will be moderate by the journalist Tessa Gelisio,
anchorwoman of the tv show "Pianeta Mare". Among the partecipants,
ISPRA Sub Commissioner Stefano Laporta, Massimo Gabellini, Head of
ISPRA Department for the Prevention and Mitigation of Impacts,
Andrea Ferrante (Ministry of Infrastructures and Transport), Prof.
Eugenio Fresi (Department of Animal Biology of the University of
Rome "Tor Vergata"), Roberta Angelini (ENI), Fabio Ciani, President
of the Portal Authority of Civitavecchia, Fiumicino and Gaeta. The
video entitled "L'altra faccia del mare" (The other side of the
sea), illustrates the potential anthropogenic impacts on the
Mediterranean Sea. It aims to describe the extensive research,
monitoring and control activities carried aout by ISPRA to
systematically observe the coastal marine environment in order to
prevent, where possible, long-lasting impacts. Scientists and
institutions will discuss the themes proposed in the video.
There are many factors that threatens the Mediterranean Sea. The
phenomena of intense anthropization represents a risk for the
biodiversity conservation: each day the waters of the Mediterranean
are crossed, for example, by thousand of ships carrying chemicals
or oils, about 8 million barrels a day, and the annual percentage
of accidents with the consequent dispersion of pollutants, involves
several researchers in the execution of plans for the remediation,
risk prevention or monitoring plans aiming at studying, for
example, the effects due to the discharge into the sea of the water
released from the offshore platforms or the potential impact
of the other activities carried out in the sea.
The workshop addresses the delicate issues: ports, the
replenishment of coastal areas subject to erosion, the
environmental assessments for the laying of cables and pipelines on
the seabed, the reclamation of sites of national interest.
